{"id":23820,"date":"2011-07-14T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T04:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foodiecitymom.com\/?p=14939"},"modified":"2024-02-06T10:56:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:56:14","slug":"best-lemon-meringue-pie-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/best-lemon-meringue-pie-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe With Shortbread Crust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Do you know what is painful? Nipping your fingers while you are zesting a lemon and then having the juice from that same lemon seep into your open scratch before you have time to grab a band-aid. That\u2019s what!\u00a0 That is why this delicious lemon meringue pie recipe with shortbread crust is a \u201cspecial occasion only\u201d pie\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the record, I am not a huge pie baker.\u00a0 However, I\u2019m driven to know how to make my husband\u2019s favorite dishes.\u00a0 Besides apple pie, lemon meringue pie is next on his \u201ctop pies\u201d list.\u00a0 I learned how to make his favorite apple pie from his former boss, but I had to go digging for a lemon meringue pie recipe.

For this recipe, I ended up using a mash-up of recipes from Ina Garten, Alton Brown and Paula Deen.\u00a0 I used Ms. Garten\u2019s pie filling. I just added some cornstarch and whisked it twice as long as she suggested because the filling was too runny initially.\u00a0

For the meringue, I mixed the recipes of Ms. Garten (sugar), Mr. Brown (egg whites) and Ms. Deen (cream of tartar).\u00a0 I was so shocked that the meringue was so easy to make.\u00a0 If you follow the instructions, it\u2019s (almost) impossible to mess it up. It\u2019s also really tasty\u2026I had to stop myself and the boys from eating it so that there would be some left for the actual pie!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Initially, I wasn\u2019t going to share this recipe with you because I just used a shortbread crust that I purchased at the store.\u00a0 However, I was talking with some friends recently and they all agreed that preparing the lemon filling and meringue was more than enough to make it \u201cmine\u201d.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In any event, my husband thought that this was one of the best lemon meringue pies that he ever tasted. That made it worth the \u201cpain\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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